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hirsute
/ ˈhɜːsjuːt /
adjective
- covered with hair
- (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs
- (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair
Derived Forms
- ˈhirsuteness, noun
Other Words From
- hirsute·ness noun
- sub·hirsute adjective
- sub·hirsute·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hirsute1
Example Sentences
Spokesman and prominent letter writer Keith Flett says the group is "continuing to review Prince William's latest beard and assessing if it is contributing to a positive image of the hirsute in the public eye".
Predators and poisonous fungi threaten the unwary, but these hirsute hillocks are mostly a danger to themselves — as the alpha will learn when he seems bent on visiting his lust on a hungry mountain lion.
Other scientific studies have attributed the impact of bison activity to reducing plant diversity, damaging endemic plants and tree species like oak trees, and spreading non-native plant seeds through their hirsute coats and droppings.
There’s just one problem: a certain hirsute fact from topology mandates that isotropic antennas can’t exist.
Mr. Grossman photographed the hirsute quartet juxtaposed against a jungle of television cameras, amplifiers and other backstage impedimenta, and he shot from the balcony to capture their electrifying effect on the audience.
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